Darkness

The 8th of teves is a day when according to Chazal darkness descended up the world for three day. What happened on the 8th of teves [today]? The Rabbis were forced to translate the Torah into Greek. What is so horrible about that??

See Reb Yeruchem Levovitz ztz"l in his Da'as Torah [Devarim רו-רט ] for a scintillating essay. If anybody is willing to translate it and submit it to me I'd love to post it on the blog [I can send you a pdf of the original].